Savills PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

May 21, 2013

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RNS Number : 2098F

Savills PLC

21 May 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Savills PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Artisan Partners Holdings LP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Investment Corporation, ZFIC, Inc., Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		State Street, State Street Luxembourg, Bank of New York, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, JP Morgan Chase and Pictet & Cie
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		May 17, 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		May 20, 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B135BJ46	13,424,238			13,424,238							13,236,858				9.9%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
13,236,858								9.9%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Artisan Partners Holdings LP is the sole member of Artisan Investments GP LLC, and is the sole limited partner of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership.  Control of Artisan Partners Holdings LP (formerly named Artisan Partners Limited Partnership) is vested in its general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. ("APAM"), a Delaware corporation.  Pursuant to a Stockholders' Agreement dated March 12, 2013, entered into between certain shareholders of APAM, control of APAM is vested in Artisan Investment Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  All of the outstanding stock of Artisan Investment Corporation is owned by ZFIC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  Andrew A. Ziegler and Carlene M. Ziegler each own 50% of the voting stock of ZFIC, Inc.  APLP, pursuant to advisory contracts, has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients. Persons other than APLP are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, all of the securities reported hereunder. Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTIV"), is a series of Artisan Partners Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment company. Certain officers and a director of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP. APLP pursuant to its advisory contract with ARTIV has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of ARTIV and to vote for ARTIV. ARTIV, as of May 17, 2013, was interested in 9,244,643 shares, representing 6.9% of the 9.9% disclosed above, of Savills PLC.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Benjamin Prokash
15. Contact telephone number:	414.299.4315

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